Reading test 1

Question 1

overexploited

Answer 1

مفرط Government water commission maps in mexico show 96 overexploited aquifers

Question 2

aquifer

Answer 2

مياه جوفيةGovernment water commission maps in mexico show 96 overexploited aquifers

Question 3

vast

Answer 3

واسع atop vast lagoons

Question 4

lagoons

Answer 4

بحيرات مالحة atop vast lagoons

Question 5

adequately

Answer 5

كاف/على نحو كاف cannot adequately supply water for its 22 million inhabitants(سكان)

Question 6

exodus

Answer 6

رحيل a forced exodus from parched cities seems far-fetched

Question 7

parched

Answer 7

عطشان ظمأa forced exodus from parched cities seems far-fetched

Question 8

far fetched

Answer 8

بعيد المنال a forced exodus from parched cities seems far-fetched

Question 9

spectre

Answer 9

شبح it is a spectre haunting Mexico’s future

Question 10

sustainable

Answer 10

محتمل/المستدامة ancient aquifers are pumped at five times the sustainable rate

Question 11

looming

Answer 11

تلوح في الأفق and there are legal battles looming

Question 12

pristine

Answer 12

أصلي بدائي more of canada’s waters are pristine

Question 13

cumulative

Answer 13

تراكم but the cumulative effect of mistreatment over the years has taken evident toll

Question 14

evident toll

Answer 14

حصيلة واضحة but the cumulative effect of mistreatment over the years has taken evident toll

Question 15

toxic

Answer 15

سام experts view them as loaded with toxic chemicals heavy metals,pesticides and sewage.

Question 16

pesticides

Answer 16

المبيدات الحشرية experts view them as loaded with toxic chemicals heavy metals,pesticides and sewage.

Question 17

contaminate

Answer 17

قذر/ملوث far too many rivers and streams in Canada have been badly contaminated by industrial activity.

Question 18

permafrost

Answer 18

دائمة التجميد nobody knows how much water is underground or in permafrost

Question 19

sustained

Answer 19

مستمرة all life on earth is sustained by a fraction of one percent of the world’s water.

Question 20

adequate

Answer 20

كاف in places that lack adequate water resources

Question 21

municipal/supplies

Answer 21

بلدي / محلي /لوازم البلدية Candian standards for testing bottled water are lower than those for municipal supplies

Question 22

turnover

Answer 22

دوران how to reduce employee turnover

Question 23

occupancy

Answer 23

تملك/إشغال reduced occupancy rates

Question 24

revenues

Answer 24

دخل إيرادات unwanted employee turnover because they have not taken the time to turnover because they have taken the time to work out the costs of last revenues and productivity.

Question 25

productivity

Answer 25

إنتاجية unwanted employee turnover because they have not taken the time to turnover because they have taken the time to work out the costs of last revenues and productivity.

Question 26

tackle

Answer 26

معالجة / حل مشكلة but the hotel boss decided to tackle the issue

Question 27

recruiting

Answer 27

استأجر /تجنيد

Question 28

recruiters

Answer 28

توظيف /شركات توظيف candidates were being over-sold the job by recruiters and left soon after they encountered unrealistic hop expectations.

Question 29

attrition

Answer 29

إحتكاك/إنهاك the attrition rates decreased substantially(جوهرياً/فعلياً)

Question 30

attain

Answer 30

تحقيق /بلوغ/نال they would be paid above industry standard for striving(سعي) to attain hotel value

Question 31

advancement

Answer 31

ترقية explain any details regarding future advancement

Question 32

daunting

Answer 32

شاقة daunting task

Question 33

breadwinner

Answer 33

مورد رزق it has been the man’s role to be the breadwinner for the family

Question 34

extent

Answer 34

امتداد/مدى ti a less extent the need interact with ‘adults’

Question 35

stimulating

Answer 35

محمس /منعش

Question 36

spillover

Answer 36

امتداد

Question 37

fluctuate

Answer 37

تقلب/ تذبذب

Question 38

drain

Answer 38

إستنزاف

Question 39

conflict

Answer 39

تعارض

Question 40

escalation

Answer 40

تصعيد

Question 41

autonomy

Answer 41

استقلال

Question 42

demarcation

Answer 42

تعيين الحدود/فصل

Question 43

abundant

Answer 43

وافر/غزير

Question 44

apparently

Answer 44

كما يبدو

Question 45

adage

Answer 45

مقولة/قول مأثور

Question 46

domestic

Answer 46

منزلي

Question 47

empirical

Answer 47

تجريبي

Question 48

impacted

Answer 48

أثر/ ترك أثر